Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

"Bang bang...bang bang bang..."

"Who is it? Wait."

Xu Changping, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a knock on the door and shouted angrily to the outside. He suppressed his resentment to get up, got up with sleepy eyes, put on his slippers and walked to the door.

"squeak"

As soon as the door opened, a thin old face with glasses appeared in front of Xu Changping, frightening the still confused Xu Changping so much that he jumped back and said in surprise:

"Oh, who is it?"

Xu Changping looked at the person who came and said unhappily, "It's the Third Master. What's the matter so early in the morning?"

"It's still early. It's already ten o'clock. You're still not up. What were you doing last night?"

Yan Bugui was not angry either, he smiled and teased Xu Changping.

"Hey, I never had a chance to sleep in at school, and now I'm finally home, so I might as well sleep a little longer."

Xu Changping quickly laughed it off. He didn't want to be targeted by this old man.

"You're up so early, what's the matter?"

"Look, this guy said he was your classmate and came to play with you, so I brought him over."

After saying this, he moved to the side, revealing Zhou Jianguo who was following behind him.

"Oh, look, I'm almost sleepy. Jianguo, you're here."

"Uncle, this is my classmate. Thank you."

After saying that, he was about to call Zhou Jianguo into the house when he saw that the Third Uncle was still standing there after he finished speaking. Thinking of the Third Uncle's character in the book, he quickly smiled and said:

"Uncle, please wait a moment."

She quickly turned back to her room, took out a few candies from her bag, stuffed them into the hands of the third uncle, and said:

"Thank you for the trouble. Thank you for the hard work."

The third uncle squeezed the candy in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile on his face:

"Okay, then you guys play, I'll go back."

After saying that, he turned around and slowly walked out of the Moon Gate.

"you?"

Zhou Jianguo asked in surprise when he saw this scene.

"Come in, let's talk in the room."

Xu Changping pulled Zhou Jianguo into the house without any explanation.

Seeing that he was still confused, he said:

"This is the third uncle in our courtyard, nicknamed 'Yan Laokou'. It is said that every time a manure truck passes by the door, it has to taste the saltiness."

Zhou Jianguo was stunned by what Xu Changping said, and asked in a low voice:

“Have you really tried a dung cart?”

"Haha, hahahaha, how is that possible? That's all just nonsense. He just likes to take advantage of small opportunities."

Xu Changping was amused by Zhou Jianguo and laughed out loud, explaining while laughing.

“I thought it was real.”

Zhou Jianguo scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said.

"How can you be so naive?"

Xu Changping patted Zhou Jianguo on the shoulder, stopped smiling, and said:

"Since you're here, it's a good opportunity to help me. I need to clean up the annex next door today. Can you accompany me to go shopping?"

"Okay, I came here to play with you today, so it's okay to work."

Zhou Jianguo glanced at Xu Changping who was getting dressed and said casually.

"Let's go."

Xu Jianguo quickly put on his clothes and went out taking Zhou Jianguo with him.

After leaving the courtyard gate, Xu Changping thought for a moment and then took Zhou Jianguo towards the flea market.

"Where are you going?"

Zhou Jianguo followed behind Xu Changping and asked curiously.

“Go to the flea market.”

"Second-hand market? You want to buy old ones."

"Well, you don't need to buy the best kitchen supplies."

After Xu Changping finished speaking, he explained to Xu Jianguo:

"The house I live in now is just a temporary residence. I won't be able to live here once I get a job. I don't need to buy anything too nice to avoid trouble."

"Is that so? Fine then."

Soon the two arrived at the nearest flea market. As soon as they entered the market, they saw a vendor selling a sheet metal stove, so Xu Changping hurried forward and bought it.

"This is so new, how come it's so cheap?"

After the two men left the man selling the stove, Zhou Jianguo asked in a low voice.

“That person should have welded this himself.”

"You welded it yourself? No wonder."

Zhou Jianguo didn't ask any more questions. He followed Xu Changping and watched him buy a long table, a square table, and two chairs. They were obviously newly made and the price was very cheap.

After leaving the flea market, Xu Changping found a shop assistant, loaded his things, and walked towards the courtyard.

"Isn't this a flea market? Why are all the things here new?"

Following Xu Changping and looking at the flea market getting farther and farther away, Zhou Jianguo still asked his doubts.

"Most of these things are made by themselves from materials they found at the scrapyard."

“No wonder it’s cheap.”

"Okay, don't think about it. I'll go buy some food later and treat you to lunch at noon."

"You do it yourself?" Zhou Jianguo looked at Xu Changping with some suspicion.

"Well, my craft is pretty good."

"Okay, then I'll try Chef Xu's cooking at noon."

The two chatted and laughed, and soon returned to the courtyard.

Jia Zhang, who was sewing shoe soles in the yard, saw Xu Changping buying another cart of things and couldn't help but sneer:

"You little bastard, you are a jinx to your parents. You have a little money, so you can do whatever you want. Sooner or later, you will starve to death."

"Who are you talking about? Say it again."

Before Xu Changping could say anything, Zhou Jianguo angrily questioned him.

"Who are you? Who allowed you to enter our courtyard? Xu family boy, are you bringing people into the courtyard to bully the elderly?"

Seeing someone speak up for Xu Changping, Jia Zhang rolled her eyes and immediately got down from the stool, sat on the ground and began to cry and summon the soul:

"Old Jia, please take this brat away quickly..."

"It's hard to live like this, Lao Jia..."

"I am an orphan and a widow, and I am being bullied! Lao Jia! Come up quickly..."

Seeing Jia Zhangshi's brazen actions for the first time, Zhou Jianguo didn't know what to do for a moment. Looking at Jia Zhangshi's rogue appearance, Zhou Jianguo could only yell:

"Shut up. If you keep howling, I'll knock your teeth into your stomach."

Jia Zhang was frightened by Zhou Jianguo's words. Just as she was about to continue throwing a tantrum, she heard Xu Changping say coldly:

"Ms. Jia Zhang, the people in the courtyard haven't finished get off work yet."

Jia Zhang opened her mouth, but found that no one from the surrounding families came out to help. She looked at Zhou Jianguo's tall and strong figure, so she had to close her mouth, grunted, stood up, patted the dirt on her body, returned to her previous position, and lowered her head to sew the soles of her shoes.

"this...?"

Jia Zhang's shameless behavior really opened Zhou Jianguo's eyes.

"Let's go."

Xu Changping pulled Zhou Jianguo's arm and took him and Ban Ye towards his home.

Ban Ye watched the excitement and said to Xu Changping with a smile:

"My dear guest, your neighbor is quite flexible."

"Humph, the dog relies on its power. When the old dog is not at home, this dog will be obedient."

Zhou Jianguo didn't react for a moment after hearing what Xu Changping said. It was only until Xu Changping unloaded all the things into the ear room and arranged them that he reacted.